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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. abundantly filled with especially living things;
- Example: "the Third World's teeming millions"
- Example: "the teeming boulevard"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Teeming \Teem"ing\, a. Prolific; productive. [1913 Webster] Teeming buds and cheerful appear. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Teem \Teem\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Teemed; p. pr. & vb. n. Teeming.] [OE. temen, AS. t[=e]man, t?man, from te['a]m. See Team.] 1. To bring forth young, as an animal; to produce fruit, as a plant; to bear; to be pregnant; to conceive; to multiply. [1913 Webster] If she must teem, Create her child of spleen. --Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To be full, or ready to bring forth; to be stocked to overflowing; to be prolific; to abound. [1913 Webster] His mind teeming with schemes of future deceit to cover former villainy. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] The young, brimful of the hopes and feeling which teem in our time. --F. Harrison. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

teeming adj 1: abundantly filled with especially living things; "the Third World's teeming millions"; "the teeming boulevard"